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CALIFORNIA    STATE    BOARD    OF    HEALTH 

"  BUREAU  OF   VITAL    STATISTICS 


Vital  Statistics 
Registration  Law 


CALIFORNIA  STATK  PRINTING  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

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OUTLINE. 
Registration  Law  of  1915,  as  Amended  in  1917. 

State  bureau  of  vital  statistics.     State  registrar  and  assistants. 
Authority  of  state  registrar  under  state  board  of  health. 
Each  city  a  registration  district.     Provision  for  rural  districts. 
City    registrar    the    clerk    or    health    officer     (in    chartered    city).      Rural 
registrars    appointed     for    four-year    terms.       County    records.       Deputy 
registrars.     Subregistrars. 
Permit  from  local  registrar  before  burial  or  other  disposition  of  dead  body. 
Stillborn  child  registered  as  birth  and  also  as  death. 
Certificate  of  death.     Contents.     Duty  of  physician  last  in  attendance. 
Death  without  medical  attendance  certified  to  by  coroner. 
Undertaker  responsible  for  filing  certificate  of  death. 
Burial  or  transit  permit  valid  anywhere  in  state. 
Duty  of  sexton  or  other  person  in  charge  of  cemetery. 
Registration  of  each  birth  peremptorily  required. 

Birth  certificate  to  be  filed  within  thirty-six  hours  by  attending  physician 
or    midwife.      Additional    report,  within    ten    days    by    father   or    mother, 
householder,   or  institution  manager  or  superintendent. 
Certificate  of  birth.     Contents. 
Supplemental  report  of  given  name  of  child. 

Physicians,  midwives  and  undertakers  to  register  with  local  registrars. 
Hospital   and    institution    superintendents   or   inanagers    to   keep   records   of 

inmates  for  filling  out  of  birth  and  death  certificates. 
State  registrar  to  prepare  and  distribute  forms  and  blanks.     Additional  local 
record   for  residents  of  cities  of   2,500   population,   who  may  die   or  have 
child  born  in  another  registration  district. 
Sec.  18«.  Correction   of  record   made   upon  authority  of  affidavits  by  filing  amended 

certificate.     Preservation  and  indexing  of  records. 
Sec.  19.     Duties  of  local  registrar.     Supply  blanks,  examine  certificates,  keep  copies, 

transmit  originals. 
Sec.  20.     Fee  of  local  registrar.     Quarterly  certification  to  county  treasurer  by  state 

registrar. 
Sec.  21.     Certified   copies   of   searches   of   records   for   fifty    cent   fee.      Disposition    of 

funds. 
Sec.  21&.  Superior  court  procedure  for  establishing  fact  of  birth  or  death  or  marriage 

not  registered  within  one  year  of  occurrence  of  event. 
Sec.  22.     Penalty    provisions    against    any    violation    of    registration    law.      Fine    or 

imprisonment,  or  both. 
Sec.  23.     Local    registrar    to     enforce    law    under    supervision     of     state     registrar. 

Prosecutions  at  instance  of  state  board  of  health  or  secretary. 
Sec.  24.     Repealing  clause. 

Additional  Provisions  Relating  to  Marriages. 

Civil  Code     §  69a.  Certificate  of  marriage  to  be  filled  out  in  presence  of  county  clerk 

issuing  marriage  license. 
Pol.  Code  §  3074.     State  bureau  of  vital  statistics.     Duty  of  state  registrar. 
I'ol.  Code  §  3076.     Certificate     of     marriage.      Contents.      To     be     filed     by     person 

performing  ceremony  within  three  days  thereafter. 
Pol.  Code  §  3078.     Duty    of    county     recorder.       Examine     certificates,     keep     copies, 

transmit  originals. 
Pol.  Code  §  3079.     Fee  of  county  recorder.     Quarterly  certification  by  state  registrar. 
Pol.  Code  §  3082.     Penalty  for  failure  to  perform  duty. 


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An  act  to  provide  a  central  hnrcau  for  the  preservation  of  records  of  marriar/cs, 
births  and  deaths,  and  to  provide  for  the  registration  of  all  births  and  deaths, 
the  establishment  of  registration  districts  under  the  superintendence  of  the  state 
bureau  of  vital  statistics;  the  issuance  and  registration  of  burial  and  disinterment 
permits  and  certificates  of  births  and  deaths;  the  appointment  of  state  and 
local  registrars  of  vital  statistics;  to  prescribe  the  poivers  and  duties  of  regis- 
trars, coroners,  phi/sician^,  undertakers,  sextons  and  other  persons  in  relation  to 
such  registration  and  to  fi-r  penalties  for  violation  of  this  act;  to  create  the 
officers  of  state  and  local  registrars  of  vital  statistics,  to  provide  for  the  salary 
and  fees  of  same;  to  repeal  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith. 


The  people  of  the  State  of  California  do  enact  as  follows: 

State   bureau  of  vital   statistics.     State   registrar  and    assistants. 

Section  1.  The  state  board  of  health  shall  maintain  a  bureau  of  vital  statistics 
which  shall  have  charge  of  such  matters  and  shall  have  such  powers  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  referred  and  delegated  to  it  by  the  state  board  of  health.  The  board 
shall  appoint  a  state  registrar  who.  by  virtue  of  his  office,  shall  be  director  of  the 
bureau  of  vital  statistics.  His  salary  shall  be  two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  per 
annum.  The  state  registrar  shall  be  a  competent  vital  statistician.  lie  shall  have 
general  supervision  and  control  over  the  bureau  of  vital  statistics.  He  shall  devote 
his  entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office  and  shall  not  engage  in  any  other  occupation 
or  business.  The  board  shall  appoint  also  a  deputy  statistician,  whose  salary  shall 
be  one  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  two  copyists,  each  of  whom 
shall  receive  a  salary  of  nine  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  All  such  salaries  shall  be 
paid  in  the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  as  the  salaries  of  state  officers.  The 
state  board  of  health  may  appoint  and  fix  the  compensation  of  such  other  additional 
professional  and  clerical  assistants  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  purposes  of  this  act, 
but  such  compensation  shall  be  paid  from  its  fund  for  contingent  expenses,  as 
provided  in  the  general  appropriation  act.  As  soon  as  practicable  the  custodian  of 
the  capitol  shall  provide  for  the  bureau  of  vital  statistics  in  the  state  capitol  at 
Sacramento,  suitable  offices,  which  shall  be  properly  equipped  with  fireproof  vault 
and  filing  cases  for  the  permanent  and  safe  preservation  of  all  official  records  made 
and  returned  under  this  act.     \As  amended,  1917.] 

Authority  of  state  registrar  under  state   board   of  liealth. 

Sec.  2.  The  state  registrar  shall  under  the  direction  of  the  state  board  of  health 
have  charge  of  the  registration  of  births,  deaths,  and  marriages,  shall  prepare  forms 
and  blanks  with  instructions  for  obtaining  and  preserving  such  records  and  shall 
procure  the  faithful  registration  of  the  same  in  each  primary  registration  district  as 
constituted  in  section  three  of  this  act,  and  in  the  bureau  of  vital  statistics  of  the 
state  board  of  health  at  the  capital  of  the  state.  The  said  board  shall  be  charged 
with  the  uniform  and  thorough  enforcement  of  the  law  throughout  the  state,  and 
shall  promulgate  any  additional  regulations.     [As  amended.  1917.] 

Each  city  a   registration   district.     Provision  for  rural  districts. 

Sec.  3.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act  the  state  shall  be  divided  into  registration 
districts  as  follows  :  each  city  and  county,  city  and  incorporated  town,  shall  constitute 
a  primary  registration  district :  and  each  county,  exclusive  of  the  cities  and  incor- 
porated towns  therein,  may  be  subdivided  by  the  state  registrar  into  a  sufficient 
number  of  primary  rural  registration  districts,  the  boundaries  of  which  he  shall  define 
and  which  he  may  alter,  combine,  or  subdivide  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  necessaiy 
to  promote  efficient  and  convenient  registration  of  all  births  and  deaths.  [.4s 
amended.  1917.] 

City  registrar  the  clerl<  or  health  officer  (in  chartered  city).  Rural  registrars 
appointed  for  four-year  terms.  County  records.  Deputy  registrars. 
Subregistrars. 

Sec.  4.  The  clerk  of  each  city  and  county,  city  and  incorporated  town,  shall  be 
the  local  registrar  in  and  for  such  primary  registration  district  and  shall  perform 
all  such  duties  of  local  registrar  as  hereinafter  provided  :  provided,  hon-evcr,  that 
in  cities  having  a  freeholders'  charter,   the  health  officer  may  act  as  local  registrar 


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and  perform  all  the  duti»>s  tluMeof.  The  state  roRistrar.  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  state  hoard  of  health  or  its  secretary,  shall  appoint  a  local  registrar  for  each 
primary  rural  district  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  four  years,  and  whom  the  state 
registrar  may  remove  forthwith  for  failure  or  neglect  to  i)erform  his  duty  as  pre- 
scribed by  this  act.  Each  local  registrar  for  a  priniarj-  rural  district,  besides  trans- 
mitting to  the  state  registrar  each  original  birth  and  d<'ath  certificate  registered  by 
him  and  besides  retaining  a  complete  and  accurate  copy  of  each  such  birth  and  death 
certificate  for  the  local  record  of  the  primary  rural  district  as  required  by  section 
nineteen  of  this  act.  shall  also  transmit  to  the  reconler  of  the  county  for  a  Kpecial 
county  record  a  complete  and  accurate  copy  of  each  original  birth  and  death  cer- 
tificate transmitted  by  said  local  registrar  to  the  state  registrar;  provided,  further, 
that  in  accordance  with  sections  three  thousand  seventy-six.  three  thousand  seventy- 
eight,  and  three  thousand  seventy-nine  of  the  Political  Code,  the  county  recorder  shall 
be  the  sole  local  registrar  for  marriages  performed  anywhere  in  the  county.  Each 
local  registrar  shall  immediately  appoint  a  deputy  in  writing,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  act  in  his  stead  in  case  of  his  absence  or  disability  :  and  such  deputy  shall  in 
writing  accept  such  appointment,  and  be  subject  to  all  rules  and  regulations  governing 
local  registrars.  And  when  it  appears  necessary  for  the  convenience  of  the  people 
in  any  registration  district,  the  local  registrar  is  hereby  authorized,  with  the  approval 
of  the  state  registrar,  to  appoint  one  or  more  suitable  persons  to  act  as  subregistrars, 
who  shall  be  authorized  to  receive  certificates  and  to  issue  burial  or  removal  permits 
in  and  for  such  portions  of  the  district  as  may  be  designated  ;  and  each  subregistrar 
shall  note,  on  each  certificate,  over  his  signature,  the  date  of  filing,  and  shall  forth- 
with forward  all  certificates  to  the  local  registrar  of  the  district,  and  in  all  cases 
before  the  third  day  of  the  following  month  ;  provided,  that  each  subregistrar  shall  be 
subject  to  the  supervision  and  control  of  the  state  registrar,  and  may  be  by  him 
removed  for  neglect  or  failure  to  perform  his  duty  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act  or  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  state  registrar,  and  shall  be  subject 
to  the  same  penalties  for  neglect  of  duty  as  the  local  registrar.      [As  aviended.  1017.] 

Permit  from  local  registrar  before  burial  or  other  disposition  of  dead   body. 

Sec.  a.  The  body  of  any  pei-son  whose  death  occurs  in  this  state,  or  which 
shall  be  found  dead  therein  or  which  shall  be  brought  in  from  outside  the  state,  shall 
not  be  interred,  deposited  in  a  vault  or  tomb,  cremated,  disinterred*  or  otherwise 
disposed  of.  or  removed  from  or  into  any  registration  district,  or  be  temporarily  held 
pending  further  disposition  more  than  seventy-two  hours  after  death,  unless  a  permit 
for  burial,  removal,  or  other  disposition  thereof  shall  have  been  properly  issued  by 
the  local  registrar  of  the  registration  district  in  which  the  death  occurred  or  the 
body  was  found;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  an 
undertaker  from  removing  a  bo<ly  from  the  registration  district  where  the  death 
occurred  or  the  body  was  found  to  a  contiguous  registration  district  in  the  same  or 
an  adjoining  county  in  an  undertaker's  conveyance  for  the  purpo.se  of  preparing  said 
body  for  burial  or  shipment.  A  removal  permit  must  be  secured  within  forty-eight 
hours  and  before  emlialniing  the  body.  No  body  where  death  occurred  from  any 
disease  held  by  the  state  i)oard  of  health  to  be  infectious,  contagious  or  communicable 
and  dangerous  to  the  public  health  shall  be  removed  without  first  securing  a  removal 
I)ermit  in  the  manner  i)rovided  in  section  nineteen  of  this  act.  And  no  such  burial  or 
removal  permit  shall  he  issued  by  any  registrar  until,  wherever  practicable,  a  com- 
j)lete  and  satisfactory  certificate  of  death  has  been  filed  with  him  as  hereinafter 
provided;  provided,  that  when  a  dead  Imdy  is  transimrted  from  outside  the  state  into 
a  registration  district  in  f'alifurnia  fur  burial,  tiie  transit  or  removal  permit,  issued 
in  accordance  with  the  law  and  heallii  regulations  of  the  place  where  the  death 
occurred,  shall  be  accepted  by  tlie  local  registrar  of  the  district  into  which  the  body 
has  been  trans|K>ited  for  imrial  r)r  other  disposition,  as  a  basis  upon  which  he  may 
issue  a  local  burial  permit,  noting  ui>on  the  face  of  the  burial  permit  the  fact  that  it 
was  a  body  shipped  in  for  interment,  and  giving  the  actual  i)lace  of  death;  and  no 
local  registrar  shall  receive  any  fee  for  the  issuance  of  burial  or  removal  permits 
under  this  act  other  tliiiii  the  compensation  provided  in  section  twenty.  [A$ 
amended,  1917.] 

Stillborn  child  registered  as  birth  and  also  as  death. 

Skc.  <).  A  stillborn  child  shall  be  registered  as  a  birth  and  also  as  a  death,  and 
separate  certificates  of  both   the  birth   and    the  death  shall   be  filed   with   the   local 

•NoTK— Kor  additional  local  disinterment  rogulatloii.s  see  Oeneral  I.iiws,  Act  646, 
approved  April  1,  1878,  and  amended.  Statutes  I'.ilT.  Cliapter  37. 


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registrar,  iu  the  usual  form  and  manner,  the  certificate  of  birth  to  contain  in  place 
of  the  name  of  the  child,  the  word  "stillbirth"  :  provided,  that  a  certificate  of  birth 
and  a  certificate  of  death  shall  not  be  required  for  a  child  that  has  not  advanced 
to  the  fifth  month  of  uterogestation.  The  medical  certificate  of  the  cause  of  death 
shall  be  signed  by  the  attending  physician,  if  any,  and  shall  state  the  cause  of  death 
as  "stillborn."  with  the  cause  of  the  stillbirth,  if  known,  whether  a  premature  birth, 
and.  if  born  prematurely,  the  period  of  uterogestation.  in  months,  if  known  ;  and  a 
burial  or  removal  permit  of  the  prescribed  form  shall  be  I'equired.  Midwives  shall 
not  sign  certificates  of  death  for  stillborn  children ;  but  such  cases,  and  stillbirths 
occurring  without  attendance  of  either  physician  or  midwife,  shall  be  treated  as 
deaths  without  medical  attendance,  as  provided  for  in  section  eight  of  this  act.  [As 
enacted,   1915.] 

Certificate  of  death.     Contents.     Duty  of  physician    last   in   attendance. 

Sec.  7.  The  certificate  of  death  shall  contain  the  following  items,  which  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  necessary  for  the  legal,  social,  and  sanitary  pui'poses  subserved 
by  registration  records  : 

(1)  Place  of  death,  including  state,  county,  township,  village  or  city.  If  in  a 
city,  the  ward,  street,  and  house  number :  if  in  a  hospital  or  other  institution,  the 
name  of  the  same  to  be  given  instead  of  the  street  and  house  number.  If  in  an 
industrial  camp,  the  name  of  the  camp  to  be  given. 

(2)  Full  name  of  decedent.  If  an  unnamed  child,  the  surname  preceded  by 
"unnamed." 

(3)  Sex. 

(4)  Color  or  race — as  white,  black,  mulatto  (or  other  Negro  descent),  Indian, 
Chinese.  Japanese,  or  other. 

(5)  Conjugal  condition — as  single,  married,  widowed  or  divorced, 
(oa)    Husband  of 

(oft)    Wife  of 

(0)   Date  of  birth,  including  the  year,  month,  and  day. 

(7)  Age.  in  years,  months  and  days.     If  less  than  one  day,  the  hours  or  minutes. 

(8)  Occupation.  The  occupation  to  be  reported  of  any  person,  male  or  female, 
who  had  any  remunerative  employment  with  the  statement  of  (a)  trade,  profession 
or  particular  kind  of  work;  (b)  general  nature  of  industry,  business  or  establishment 
in  which  employed  (or  employer). 

(9)  Birthplace;  at  least  state  or  foreign  country,  if  known. 

(10)  Name  of  father. 

(11)  Birthplace  of  father;  at  least  state  or  foreign  country,  if  known. 

(12)  Maiden  name  of  mother. 

(13)  Birthplace  of  mother;  at  least  state  or  foreign  country,  if  known. 

(14)  Signature  and  address  of  informant. 

(15)  Official  signature  of  registrar,  with  the  date  when  certificate  was  filed,  and 
registered  number. 

(16)  Date  of  death,  year,  month,  and  day. 

(17)  Certification  as  to  medical  attendance  on  decedent,  fact  and  time  of  death, 
time  last  seen  alive,  and  the  cause  of  death,  with  contributory  (secondary)  cause  of 
complication,  if  any,  and  duration  of  each,  and  whether  attributed  to  dangerous  or 
insanitary  conditions  of  employment;  signature  and  address  of  physician  or  official 
making  the  medical  certificate. 

(18)  Length  of  residence  (for  inmates  of  hospitals  and  other  institutions; 
transients  or  recent  residents)  at  place  of  death  and  in  California,  together  with  the 
place  where  disease  was  contracted  if  not  at  the  place  of  death,  and  former  or  usual 
place  of  residence   (giving  city  and  state  of  residence). 

(19)  Place  of  burial  or  removal ;  date  of  burial. 

(20)  Signature  and  'address  of  undertaker  or  person  acting  as  such  and  license 
number  of  embalmer. 

The  personal  and  statistical  particulars  (items  one  to  thirteen)  shall  be  authen- 
ticated by  the  signature  of  the  informant  who  may  be  any  competent  person 
acquainted  with  the  facts. 

The  statement  of  facts  relating  to  the  disposition  of  the  body  shall  be  signed  by 
the  undertaker  or  person  acting  as  such. 

The  medical  certificate  shall  be  made  and  signed  by  the  physician,  if  any,  last  in 
attendance  on  the  deceased,  and  said  physician  shall  within  fifteen  hours  after  the 
death  deposit  the  certificate  at  the  place  of  death,  or  deliver  it  to  the  attending 
undertaker  at  his  place  of  business  or  at  the  office  of  said  physician.     Said  physician 


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shall  spocify  in  the  certificate  the  time  in  attendance,  the  time  In-  last  saw  the 
deceased  alive  and  the  hour  of  the  day  at  which  death  occurred.  And  lie  shall  further 
state  the  cause  of  death,  so  as  to  show  the  course  of  disease  or  se(juence  of  causes 
resulting  in  the  death,  jrivinc  first  the  name  of  the  disease  causing  death  (primary 
cause)  and  the  contributory  (secondary)  cause,  if  any.  and  the  duration  of  each. 
Indefinite  and  unsatisfactory  terms,  denoting  only  symptoms  of  disease  or  conditions 
resulting  from  disease,  will  not  be  held  suflicient  for  the  issuance  of  a  burial  or 
removal  permit;  and  any  certificate  containing  only  such  terms,  as  defined  by  the 
state  registrar,  shall  be  returned  to  the  jjhj-sician  or  person  making  the  medical 
certificate  for  correction  and  more  definite  statement.  Causes  of  death  which  may 
be  the  result  of  either  disease  or  violence  shall  be  carefully  defined  ;  and  if  from 
violence,  the  means  of  injury  shall  be  stated,  and  whether  (probably)  accidental, 
suicidal,  or  homicidal.  And  for  deaths  of  non residents,  transients  or  recent  residents 
in  hosj)ita!s  or  institutions,  the  physician  shall  supply  the  information  required 
under  this  head  (item  eighteen),  if  he  is  able  to  do  so.  and  shall  state  where,  in  his 
opinion,  the  disease  was  contracted,    'f-l*  amended,  1017.1 

Death  without  medical  attendance  certified  to   by  coroner. 

Sec.  8.  In  case  of  any  deatli  occurring  without  medical  attendance,  or  continued 
absence  of  the  attending  physician  it  shall  l)e  the  duty  of  the  undertaker  to  notify 
the  coroner  or  other  proper  official  of  such  death  for  investigation  and  certification. 
And  the  coroner  or  other  proper  officer  whose  duty  it  is  to  hold  an  inquest  on  the 
body  of  any  deceased  person,  and  to  make  the  certificate  of  death  required  for  a 
burial  permit,  shall  state  in  his  certificate  the  name  of  the  disease  caiising  deatli, 
or  if  from  external  causes  (1)  the  means  of  death;  and  (2)  whether  (prol>al>ly) 
accidental,  suicidal,  or  homicidal  ;  and  shall,  in  any  case,  furnish  such  information 
as  may  be  required  by  the  state  registrar  in  order  properly  to  classify  the  death. 
In  every  case  the  certificate  must  contain  as  many  facts  required  by  this  act  as  can 
be  ascertained.     [.Is  enacted,  1015.] 

Undertaker  responsible  for  filing   certificate  of  death. 

Sec.  0.  The  undertaker,  or  person  acting  as  undertaker,  shall  file  the  certificate 
of  death  with  the  local  registrar  of  the  district  in  which  the  death  occurred  and 
obtain  a  burial  or  removal  permit  jirior  to  any  disposition  of  the  body.  He  shall 
obtain  the  required  personal  and  statistical  particulars  from  the  jierson  best  qualified 
to  supply  them,  over  the  signature  and  address  of  his  informant.  He  shall  then 
present  the  certificate  to  the  attending  physician,  if  any.  or  to  the  coroner  or  other 
proper  official  either  directly  or  as  directed  by  the  local  registrar,  for  the  medical 
certificate  of  the  cause  of  death  and  other  particulars  necessary  to  complete  the 
record,  as  specified  in  sections  .seven  and  eight.  And  he  shall  then  state  the  facts 
required  relative  to  the  date  and  place  of  burial  or  removal,  over  his  signature  and 
with  his  address,  and  |)re.sent  the  completed  certificate  to  the  local  registrar  in  order 
to  obtain  a  jM-rmit  for  Imrial.  removal  or  other  disi)Osition  of  the  bmly.  The  under- 
taker shall  deliver  the  burial  |>('rinit  to  tln>  i»erson  in  charge  of  the  ]ilace  of  burial, 
before  interring  or  otherwise  disjiosing  of  the  body;  or  shall  attach  the  removal 
permit  to  the  box  containing  the  coriise,  when  shii^ped  by  any  transjiortation  com- 
pany; said  permit  to  accompany  the  corpse  to  its  destination,  where,  if  within  the 
State  of  California,  it  shall  be  delivered  to  the  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial. 

Every  jierson.  firm,  or  cor|Hiration  selling  a  casket  shall  keeji  a  record  showing 
the  name  of  the  purchaser,  luirdiaser's  post-oflice  address,  name  of  deceased,  date 
of  death,  and  i)lace  of  death  of  deceased,  which  record  shall  be  oi)en  to  inspection 
of  the  state  registrar  at  all  times.  On  the  first  day  of  each  month  the  person,  firm, 
or  cor[)oration  .selling  caskets  shall  rejiort  to  the  state  registrar  each  sale  for  the 
preceding  month,  on  a  blank  provided  for  that  jiurpose  ;  prmUUd.  Iioirrn  r.  that  no 
I)erson,  firm  or  coriioration  selling  caskets  to  dealers  or  undertakers  only  shall  be 
required  to  keep  siicli  record,  nor  shall  such  report  1m>  reciuired  fmni  undertakers  when 
they  have  direct  charge  of  the  disposition  of  a  dea<l  body. 

Every  jierson,  firm,  or  corporation  selling  a  casket  at  retail,  and  not  having  charge 
of  the  disposition  of  the  body,  shall  inclose  within  the  casket  a  notice  furnished  by 
the  stale  registrar  calling  attention  to  the  reciuirenients  of  the  law.  a  blank  certificate 
of  death,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  tlie  state  board  of  health  concerning  the 
burial  or  other  disiiosition  of  a  dead  bo<ly.     \Ah  (nacUd,  lOl.'i.  ] 


—  9  — 

Burial  or  transit  permit  valid  anywhere   In  state. 

Sec.  10.  If  the  intermeut,  or  othor  disposition  of  the  body  is  to  be  made  within 
the  state,  the  wording  of  the  burial  or  removal  permit  may  be  limited  to  a  statement 
by  the  registrar,  and  over  his  signature,  that  a  satisfactoi-y  certificate  of  death 
having  been  filed  with  him.  as  required  by  law.  permission  is  granted  to  inter,  remove, 
or  dispose  otherwise  of  the  body,  stating  the  name,  age,  sex,  cause  of  death,  and 
other  necessary  details  upon  the  form  prescribed  by  the  state  registrar;  provided, 
that  the  transit  permit  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of  embalmers  may  be  used  in 
lieu  of  said  burial  or  removal  permit.     [An  amended,  1917.] 

Duty  of  sexton  or  other  person    in  charge  of  cemetery. 

Sec.  11.  No  person  in  charge  of  any  premises  on  which  interments  are  made 
shall  inter  or  permit  the  interment  or  other  disposition  of  any  body  unless  it  is 
accompanied  by  a  burial,  removal  or  transit  permit,  as  herein  provided.  And  such 
person  shall  indorse  upon  the  permit  the  date  of  interment,  over  his  signature,  and 
shall  return  all  permits  so  indorsed  to  the  local  registrar  of  his  district  within  ten 
days  from  the  date  of  interment.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  bodies  interred  or 
otherwise  disposed  of  on  the  premises  under  his  charge,  in  each  case  stating  the  name 
of  each  deceased  person,  place  of  death,  date  of  burial  or  disposal,  and  name  and 
address  of  the  undertaker ;  which  record  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  official  inspec- 
tion ;  provided,  that  the  undertaker  or  person  acting  as  such,  when  burying  a  body 
in  a  cemetery  or  burial  ground  having  no  person  in  charge,  shall  sign  the  burial 
or  removal  permit,  giving  the  date  of  burial,  and  shall  write  across  the  face  of  the 
permit  the  words  "No  person  in  charge."  and  file  the  burial  or  removal  permit  within 
ten  days  with  the  registrar  of  the  district  in  which  the  cemetery  is  located.  [.l.s 
enacted,  1915.] 

Registration  of  each  birth  peremptorily  required. 

Sec.  12.  The  birth  of  each  and  every  child  born  in  this  state  shall  be  registered 
as  hereinafter  provided.     [As  enacted,  1915.] 

Birth  certificate  to  be  filed  within  thirty-six  hours  by  attending  physician  or  midwife. 
Additional  report  within  ten  days  by  father  or  mother,  householder,  or  institution 
manager   or  superintendent. 

Sec.  13.  Within  thirty-six  hours  after  the  date  of  each  birth,  there  shall  be  filed 
with  the  local  registrar  of  the  district  in  which  the  birth  occurred  a  certificate  of 
such  birtli,  which  certificate  shall  be  upon  the  form  adopted  by  the  state  board  of 
health  with  a  view  to  procuring  a  full  and  accurate  report  with  respect  to  each  item 
of  information  enumerated  in  section  fourteen  of  this  act. 

In  sparsely-settled  districts  or  where  there  is  no  direct  mail  communication  with 
the  county  seat  a  reasonable  time  shall  be  fixed  by  the  local  registrar. 

In  each  case  where  a  physician,  or  midwife,  or  person  acting  as  midwife,  was  in 
attendance  upon  the  birth,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  physician  to  file  in  accordance 
herewith  the  certificate  herein  contemplated. 

In  case  no  physician  was  in  attendance  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  midwife  or 
pereon  acting  as  midwife  to  file  such  certificate. 

In  every  case  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  father  or  mother  of  the  child,  the 
householder  or  owner  of  the  premises  where  the  birth  occurred  or  the  manager  or 
superintendent  of  the  public  or  private  institution  where  the  birth  occurred,  each  in 
the  order  named,  within  ten  days  after  the  date  of  such  birth,  to  report  to  the  local 
registrar  the  fact  of  such  birth.  In  such  case  and  in  case  the  physician,  midwife, 
or  person  acting  as  midwife,  in  attendance  upon  the  birth  is  unable,  by  diligent 
inquiry,  to  obtain  any  item  or  items  of  information  contemplated  in  section  fourteen 
of  this  act.  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the  local  registrar  to  secure  from  the  jierson 
so  reporting,  or  from  any  other  ]x»rson  having  tlie  required  knowledge,  such  informa- 
tion as  will  enable  him  to  prepare  the  certificate  of  birth  herein  contem])lated.  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  rejjorting  the  birth  or  wlio  may  be  interrogated  in 
relation  thereto  to  answer  correctly  and  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  all  questions 
put  to  him  by  the  local  registrar  \<-hich  may  be  calculated  to  elicit  any  information 
needed  to  make  a  complete  record  of  the  birth  as  contemplated  by  said  section 
fourteen,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  informant  as  to  any  statement  made  in 
accordance  herewith  to  verify  such  statement  by  his  signature,  when  requested  so  to 
do  by  the  local  registrar.     [As  re-enacted,  1917.] 


—  10  — 

Certificate  of   birth.     Contents. 

Sec.  1-J.  Tlio  ctTtilicnto  uf  birth  shall  coutnin  the  following  items,  which  are 
hereby  declared  necessary  for  the  legal,  social,  and  sanitary  purposes  subsen-ed  by 
registration  records : 

(1)  Place  of  birth,  including  state,  county,  township  or  town,  village  or  city. 
If  in  a  city,  the  ward,  street  and  house  number;  if  in  a  hospital  or  other  institution, 
the  name  of  the  same  to  be  given,  instead  of  the  street  and  house  number. 

(2)  Full  name  of  child.  If  the  child  dies  without  a  name,  before  the  certificate 
is  filed,  enter  the  words  "died  unnamed."  If  the  living  child  has  not  yet  l)een  named 
at  the  date  of  filing  certificate  of  birth,  the  space  for  "full  name  of  child"  is  to  be 
left  blank,  to  be  filled  out  subsequently  by  a  supplemental  report,  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

(3)  Sex  of  child. 

(4)  Whether  a  twin,  triplet,  or  other  i)lural  birth.  A  separate  coniticate  shall  be 
required  for  each  child  in  case  of  plural  births. 

(.">)  For  plural  births,  number  of  each  child  in  order  of  birth. 

(6)  Date  of  birth,  including  the  year,  month,  and  day. 

(7)  Full  name  of  father. 

(5)  Residence  of  father   (giving  city  and  state  of  residence). 

(9)  Color  or  race  of  father. 

(10)  Age  of  father  at  last  birthday,  in  years. 

(11)  Birthplace  of  father;  at  least  state  or  foreign  country,  if  known. 

(12)  Occupation  of  father.  The  occupation  to  be  reported  if  engaged  in  any 
remunerative  employment,  with  the  statement  of  (a)  trade,  profession,  or  particular 
kind  of  work;  (b)  general  nature  of  industry,  business  or  establishment  in  which 
employed  (or  employer). 

(13)  Maiden  name  of  mother. 

(14)  Residence  of  mother  (giving  city  ami  state  of  residence). 

(15)  Color  or  race  of  mother. 

(16)  Age  of  mother  at  last  birthday,  in  years. 

(17)  Birthplace  of  mother;  at  least  state  or  foreign  country,  if  known. 

(IS)  Occupation  of  mother.  The  occupation  to  be  reported  if  engaged  in  any 
remunerative  employment,  with  the  statement  of  (a)  trade,  profession,  or  particular 
kind  of  work:  (b)  general  nature  of  industry,  business  or  establishment  in  which 
employed    (or  employer). 

(10)    Number  of  children  born  to  this  mother,  including  present  birth. 

(20)  Number  of  children  of  this  mother  living. 

(21)  The  certification  of  attending  physician  or  midwife  as  to  attendance  at 
birth,  including  statement  of  year,  month,  day  (as  given  in  item  seven),  and  hour  of 
birth,  and  whether  the  child  was  born  alive  or  stillborn.  This  certification  shall  be 
signed  by  the  attending  physician  or  midwife,  with  date  of  signature  and  address ; 
if  there  is  no  physician  or  midwife  in  attendance,  then  by  the  father  or  mother  of 
the  child,  householder,  owner  of  the  premises,  or  manager  or  superintendent  of  public 
or  private  institution  where  the  birth  occurred,  or  other  competent  person,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  notify  the  local  registrar  of  such  birth,  as  required  by  section 
thirteen  of  this  act. 

(22)  Exact  date  of  filing  in  office  of  local  registrar,  attested  by  his  official 
signature,  and  registered  ntunber  of  birth,  as  hereinafter  provided.  [As  antcndcd, 
ir>17.] 

Supplemental  report  of  given  name  of  child. 

Sec.  in.  When  any  certificate  of  birth  of  a  living  child  is  presented  without  the 
statement  of  the  given  name,  then  the  local  registrar  shall  make  out  and  deliver 
to  the  parents  of  the  child  a  special  blank  for  the  supplemental  report  of  the  given 
name  of  the  child,  which  shall  be  lilicd  out  as  directed,  and  returned  to  the  local 
registrar  as  soon  as  tiie  child  shall  have  l)cen  named.     [As  vii(i<(<<l.  T.tl.l.l 

Physicians,   midwives  and    undertakers  to   register  with   local    registrars. 

Sec.  1(!.  That  every  i)h.\T<i('ian,  midwife,  and  undertaker  shall,  without  delay, 
register  his  or  lu-r  name,  a<ldress  and  occupation  with  the  local  registrar  of  the  district 
in  which  he  or  she  resides,  or  may  liereafter  establish  a  residence;  and  shall  there- 
upon be  HU|)pli<'d  by  the  local  registrar  with  a  cojiy  of  this  act.  together  with  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prepared  by  theotate  registrar  relative  to  its  enforce- 
ment. Within  thirty  days  after  the  close  of  each  calendar  year  each  local  registrar 
shall  make  a  leturn  to  tiie  state  registrar  of  all  physicians,  miihvives,  or  undertakers 


—  11  — 

who  have  been  registered  in  his  district  during  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  preceding 
calendar  year ;  provided,  that  no  fee  or  other  compensation  shall  be  charged  by  local 
registrars  to  physicians,  midwives,  or  undertakers  for  registering  their  names  under 
this  section  or  making  returns  thereof  to  the  state  registrar.     [As  enacted,  1915.] 

Hospital  and  institution  superintendents  or  managers  to  keep  records  of  inmates  for 
filling  out  of   birth  and  death  certificates. 

Sec.  17.  All  superintendents  or  managers,  or  other  persons  in  charge  of  hospitals, 
almshouses,  lying-in  or  other  institutions,  public  or  private,  to  which  persons  resort 
for  treatment  of  diseases,  confinement,  or  are  committed  by  process  of  law,  shall 
make  a  record  of  all  the  personal  and  statistical  particulars  relative  to  the  inmates 
in  their  institutions  at  the  date  of  approval  of  this  act,  which  are  required  in  the 
forms  of  the  certificates  provided  for  by  this  act,  as  directed  by  the  state  registrar; 
and  thereafter  such  record  shall  be,  by  them,  made  for  all  future  inmates  at  the  time 
of  their  admittance.  And  in  case  of  persons  admitted  or  committed  for  treatment  of 
disease,  the  physician  in  charge  shall  specify  for  entry  in  the  record,  the  nature  of 
the  disease,  and  where,  in  his  opinion,  it  was  contracted.  The  personal  particulars 
and  information  required  by  this  section  shall  be  obtained  from  the  individual  himself 
if  it  is  practicable  to  do  so  ;  and  when  they  can  not  be  so  obtained,  they  shall  be 
obtained  in  as  complete  a  manner  as  possible  from  relatives,  friends,  or  other  persons 
acquainted  with  the  facts.      [As  enacted,  1915.] 

State  registrar  to  prepare  and  distribute  forms  and  blanks.  Additional  local  record 
for  residents  of  cities  of  2,500  population  who  may  die  or  have  child  born  in 
another   registration   district. 

Sec.  is.  The  state  registrar  shall  prepare  and  distribute  all  forms  and  blanks 
for  use  in  registering,  recording  and  preserving  the  returns,  or  in  otherwise  carrying 
out  the  purposes  of  this  act ;  and  shall  prepare  and  issue  such  detailed  instructions 
as  may  be  required  to  procure  the  uniform  observance  of  its  provisions  and  the 
maintenance  of  a  perfect  system  of  registration  ;  and  no  other  forms  or  blanks  shall 
be  used  than  those  prepared  by  the  state  registrar.  He  shall  carefully  examine  the 
certificates  received  monthly  from  the  local  registrars,  and  if  any  such  are  incomplete 
or  unsatisfactory  he  shall  require  such  further  information  to  be  supplied  as  may  be 
necessary  to  make  the  record  complete  and  satisfactory.  Whenever  a  certificate 
is  returned  by  a  local  registrar  other  than  the  registrar  of  the  district  in  which  the 
deceased  resided,  in  the  case  of  a  death,  or  in  which  the  father  and  mother  of  a 
child  reside,  in  the  case  of  a  birth  certificate,  if  the  place  of  residence  is  a  city  within 
this  state  and  having  at  least  two  thousand  five  hundred  inhabitants  at  the  last 
federal  census,  the  state  registrar  shall  mail  to  the  local  registrar  of  such  city  of 
residence,  a  complete  copy  of  the  certificate.  And  all  physicians,  midwives, 
informants,  undertakers,  clergymen,  or  judges,  and  all  other  persons  having  knowledge 
of  the  facts,  are  hereby  required  to  supply,  upon  the  forms  provided  or  upon  the 
original  certificate,  such  information  as  they  may  possess  regarding  any  birth  or 
death  or  marriage  upon  demand  of  the  state  registrar,  in  person,  by  mail,  or  through 
the  local  registrar ;  provided,  that  no  certificate  of  birth  or  death  or  marriage,  after 
its  acceptance  for  registration  by  the  local  registrar,  and  no  other  record  made  in 
pursuance  of  this  act,  shall  be  altered  or  changed  in  any  respect,  except  where 
supplemental  information  required  for  statistical  purposes  is  furnished. 

Correction  of  record  made  upon  authority  of  affidavits  by  filing  amended  certificate. 
Preservation  and   indexing  of  records. 

(a)  Whenever  it  may  be  alleged  that  the  facts  are  not  correctly  stated  in  any 
certificate  of  birth,  death,  or  marriage,  already  registered,  the  local  registrar  shall 
require  an  afiidavit  under  oath  to  be  made  by  the  pereon  asserting  the  fact,  setting 
forth  the  changes  necessary  to  make  the  record  correct,  and  supported  by  the  affidavit 
of  one  other  credible  person  having  knowledge  of  the  facts.  Having  received  such 
afl5davits,  the  local  registrar  shall  file  them  together  with  an  amended  certificate  and 
he  shall  note  the  fact  of  the  amendment  with  its  date  on  the  margin  of  the  otherwise 
unaltered  original  certificate.  He  shall  transmit  the  original  certificate  with  the 
affidavits  and  amended  certificate  attached  when  making  his  regular  monthly  returns 
to  the  state  registrar.  He  shall  also  retain  copies  for  his  files.  If  the  correction 
relates  to  a  certificate  previously  returned  to  the  state  registrar  the  local  registrar 
shall  forthwith  transmit  the  affidavits  to  the  state  registrar.  If  the  correction  is  first 
made  in  the  state  bureau  of  vital  statistics  the  state  registrar  shall  transmit  a 
certified  copy  of  the  amended  certificate  to  the  local  registrar. 


—  12  — 

The  statp  registrnr  shall  furtlior  arranu*',  bind  ami  porniauontly  preserve  the 
oertificates  in  a  systematic  manner  an<l  shall  prepare  and  maintain  a  eomprehensive 
and  continuous  card  index  of  all  births  and  deaths  registered:  said  index  to  lie 
arranged  alphnl)etically.  in  the  case  of  deaths,  by  the  names  of  decedents,  and  in  the 
case  of  births,  by  the  names  of  fathers  an<l  maich-n  names  of  mothers,  and  in  the 
case  of  marriages  by  the  names  of  both  grooms  and  brides.  He  shall  inform  all 
registrars  what  diseases  are  to  be  considered  infectious,  contagious.  r)r  commiinicable 
and  dangerous  to  the  j)ubiic  health,  as  decided  by  the  state  boanl  of  health,  in  order 
that  when  deaths  o<cur  from  such  diseases  i)roper  precautions  may  be  taken  to 
prevent  their  spread.  If  any  cemetery  compan.v  or  association,  or  any  church  or 
historical  society  or  association,  or  an.v  other  company,  society  or  association,  or 
any  individual,  is  in  possession  of  an.v  record  of  births  or  deaths  which  may  be  of 
value  in  establishing  the  genealogy  of  any  resident  of  his  state,  such  company,  society, 
association  or  individual,  may  file  such  record  or  a  dul.v  authenticated  transcript 
thereof  with  the  state  registrar,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  registrar  to 
presei^'e  such  record  or  trnnscrii)t  and  to  make  a  record  and  index  thereof  in  such 
form  as  to  facilitate  the  fiiuling  of  any  information  contained  therein.  Such  record 
and  index  shall  be  open  to  ins])(M'tion  by  the  public,  subject  to  such  reasonable 
conditions  as  the  state  registrar  nia.v  i)rescribe.  If  any  person  <lesires  a  transcript 
of  any  record  filed  in  accordance  herewith,  the  state  registrar  shall  furnish  the  same 
upon  application,  together  with  a  certificate  that  it  is  a  true  copy  of  such  record, 
as  filed  in  his  office.      [.Is  amrndrd,  IIHT.  I 

Duties  of  local   registrar.      Supply   blanks,   examine  certificates,   keep   copies,   transmit 
originals. 

Sec.  1!>.  Each  local  registrar  shall  supply  blank  forms  of  certificates  to  such 
persons  as  require  them.  Kach  local  registrar  shall  carefully  examine  each  certificate 
of  death  when  i)resented  for  record  in  order  to  ascertain  whether  or  not  it  has  l»een 
made  out  in  accordance  with  the  juovisions  of  this  act  and  the  instructions  of  the 
state  registrar;  and  if  any  certificate  of  death  is  incomplete  or  unsatisfactor.v,  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  call  attention  to  the  defects  in  the  return,  and  to  withhold 
the  burial  or  removal  permit  until  such  defects  are  corrected.  All  certificati-s.  either 
of  birth  or  of  death,  shall  be  written  legibly,  in  durable  black  ink.  and  no  certificate 
shall  be  held  to  be  complete  and  correct  that  does  not  supply  all  of  the  items  of 
information  called  fop  therein,  or  s:<.tisfactorily  accotuit  for  their  omission.  If  the 
certificate  of  death  is  jiroperly  executed  and  complete,  he  shall  then  issue  a  i)ermit 
for  removal,  burial  or  other  disposition  of  the  body  to  the  undertaker:  inuriiUd, 
that  in  case  the  death  (Hcurred  from  some  disease  which  is  held  b.v  the  state  board 
of  health  to  be  infectious,  contagious,  or  communicable  and  dangerous  to  the  ]>ub]ic 
health,  no  permit  for  the  removal  or  other  disi)osition  of  the  body  shall  be  issued  bv 
the  registrar,  excejjt  under  such  conditions  as  ma.v  be  jjrescribed  b.v  the  state  and 
local  boards  of  health.  If  a  certificate  of  birth  is  incomjdete.  the  local  registrar 
shall  immediately  notif.v  the  informant,  and  re(iuire  him  to  sup])l.v  the  missing  items 
of  infcjrmalion  if  the.v  can  be  obtained.  He  shall  number  consecutively  the  certificates 
of  birth  and  death,  in  two  separate  series,  beginning  with  number  1  for  the  first 
birth  and  the  first  death  occurring  in  each  calendar  year,  and  sign  his  name  as 
registrar  in  attest  of  the  date  of  filing  in  his  office.  He  shall  also  make  a  ciunjdete 
an<l  accurate  co])y  of  ea<li  birlli  and  each  death  ci'rtilicate  registered  by  him  in  a 
record  book  containing  forms  identical  with  the  original  certificates  and  to  be  jire- 
served  i>ermaiiently  in  his  office  as  the  local  record'.  And  he  shall,  on  the  fifth  day  of 
each  month,  transmit  to  the  state  registrar  all  original  certilicales  registered  by  him 
for  tlie  preceding  month.  And  if  no  births  or  no  deaths  occurred  in  an.v  month, 
he  shall,  on  the  fifth  day  of  the  following  month  report  that  fact  t<i  the  state  registrar 
on  a  blank  ))rovided  for  such  purpose.      \.\k  inartiil,   I'.U.'i.  j 

Fee  of  local  registrar.     Quarterly  certification  to  county  treasurer  by  state  registrar. 

Skc.  lid.  Kach  local  registrar  shall  be  jiaid  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents  for  each 
birth  j-ertificate  anil  t'acli  death  certificate  properly  ami  completely  made  tint  and 
regisleri'd  with  him,  and  correctly  recorded  and  jiromptly  returned  by  him  to  the 
stale  registrar,  as  re(|uired  by  this  act,  out  of  which  fees  he  shall  pay  the  sul)- 
registrar  the  sum  of  fifteen  cents  in  cases  where  the  certificate  is  registered  witli 
the  subregistrar.  .\nd  in  case  no  births  or  no  deaths  were  registered  during  any 
monlh,  the  local  registrar  shall  be  entitled  to  be  paid  the  sum  of ■  twenty-five  cents 
for  each  report  to  that  effect,  i»ut  only  if  such  report   be  nuule  promptly  as  re«iuired 


—  13  — 

by  this  act.  All  amounts  payablo  to  a  local  registrar  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  of  the  county  in  which  the  registration  district 
is  located,  upon  certification  by  the  state  registrar.  And  the  state  registrar  shall 
quarterly  certify  to  the  treasurers  of  the  several  counties  the  number  of  births  and 
deaths  properly  registered,  with  the  names  of  the  local  registrars  and  the  amounts 
due  each  at  the  rates  fixed  herein.     [As  enacted,  3915.] 

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Certified  copies  of  searches  of  records  for  fifty-cent  fee.     Disposition  of  funds. 

Sec.  21.  The  state  or  local  registrar  shall  forthwith  upon  request  supply  to  any 
applicant  a  certified  copy  of  the  record  of  any  birth  or  death  or  marriage  registered 
under  provisions  of  this  act,  for  the  making  and  certification  of  which  he  shall  be 
entitled  to  a  fee  of  fifty  cents,  to  be  paid  by  the  applicant.  And  any  such  copy  of 
the  record  of  a  birth  or  death  or  marriage  when  properly  certified  by  the  state  or 
local  registrar,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  in  all  courts  and  places  of  the  facts 
therein  .stated.  For  any  search  of  the  files  and  records  when  no  certified  copy  is 
made  the  state  registrar  or  local  registrar  shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for 
each  hour  or  fractional  hour  of  time  of  search,  such  fee  to  be  paid  by  the  applicant. 
The  state  registrar  shall  keep  a  true  and  correct  account  of  all  fees  by  him  received 
under  these  provisions,  and  such  money  so  received  by  the  state  registrar  shall  be 
deposited  with  the  state  treasurer,  who  shall  credit  the  amount  to  the  fund  provided 
and  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  the  traveling  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  state 
board  of  health,  and  the  money  so  collected  by  the  local  registrar  shall  be  paid  by 
him  into  the  county  or  city  ti'easui'y,  as  the  case  may  be ;  provided,  that  the  local 
registrar  shall,  upon  request  of  any  parent  or  guardian,  supply,  without  fee,  a 
certificate  limited  to  a  statement  as  to  the  date  of  birth  of  any  child  when  the  same 
shall  be  necessary  for  admission  to  school,  or  for  the  purpose  of  securing  employment; 
and  provided,  further,  that  the  United  States  census  bureau  may  obtain,  without 
expense  to  the  state,  transcripts  of  births  and  deaths  without  payment  of  the  fees 
herein  prescribed. 

Superior   court    procedure    for    establisliing    fact    of    birth    or    death    or    marriage    not 
registered  within  one  year  of  occurrence  of  event. 

(b)  If,  upon  such  search  it  shall  develop  that  for  any  cause  any  birth  or  death, 
or  marriage,  occurring  in  this  state  was  not  registered  in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  law  in  effect  at  the  time  when  such  birth  or  death  or  marriage  occurred 
by  the  filing  of  the  certificate  therefor  with  the  local  registrar  within  a  period  of  one 
year  from  the  date  of  the  event,  any  person  beneficially  interested  in  establishing  of 
record  the  fact  of  such  birth  or  death  or  marriage  may  petition  the  superior  court  of 
the  county  in  which  such  birth  or  death  or  marriage  is  alleged  to  have  occurred  for 
an  order  judicially  establishing  the  fact  of  such  birth  or  death  or  marriage.  Such 
petition  shall  be  verified  and  shall  contain  all  the  data  necessary  to  enable  the  court, 
upon  hearing  the  same,  to  determine  the  fact  of  such  birth  or  deatli  or  marriage  upon 
the  proofs  adduced  in  behalf  of  the  petitioner  at  the  hearing  thereof.  A  copy  of  such 
petition  shall  be  served  upon  the  local  registrar  of  vital  statistics,  and  also  upon 
the  district  attorney  of  the  county  in  which  such  birth  or  death  or  marriage  is 
alleged  to  have  occurred,  and  either  of  said  ofticials  shall  have  the  right  in  his  discre- 
tion to  appear  at  such  hearing  and  oppose  the  making  of  such  order.  Such  hearing 
shall  be  had  at  such  time  as  the  court  may  api)oint.  not  less  than  ten  days  subsequent 
to  the  date  of  filing  such  petition,  and  notice  thereof  must  be  given  by  publication  for 
the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  required  by  law  to  be  given  prior  to  the 
hearing  of  the  petition  for  the  admission  to  probate  of  any  will,  or  the  issuance  of 
letters  testamentary  or  of  administration  thereon. 

If,  upon  such  hearing,  the  proofs  of  the  allegations  of  the  petition  are  established, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court,  the  court  may  make  an  order  determining  that  such 
birth,  death  or  marriage  did  in  fact  occur  in  such  countj'  and  at  the  time  shown  by 
the  proofs  adduced  upon  such  hearing. 

Such  order  must  l)e  made  in  the  form  and  upon  the  blank  prescribed  and  furnished 
by  the  state  registrar  and  but  one  birth,  death  or  marriage  may  be  included  therein. 
And  said  order  shall  become  effective  upon  the  filing  of  a  certified  copy  thereof  with 
the  local  registrar  of  vital  statistics,  and  the  delivery  therewith  for  transmittal  to 
the  state  registrar  of  a  standard  certificate  containing  such  facts  and  signatures  as 
are  obtainable,  and  upon  the  filing  of  a  certified  coi)y  of  said  order  with  the  state 
registrar.     [As  amended,  1917.] 


—  14  — 

Penalty  provisions  against   any  violation  of  registration   law.      Fine  or  Imprisonment, 
or  both. 

Sec.  22.  Any  porsou.  who  for  liinisolf  or  as  an  offio«-r.  agent,  or  employee  of  any 
other  person,  or  of  any  corporation  or  partnership,  (a)  shall  inter,  cremate,  or 
othenvise  finally  dispose  of  the  dead  body  of  a  human  heing.  or  pennit  the  same  to 
be  done,  or  shall  remove  said  body  from  the  primary  registration  district  in  which 
the  death  occurred  or  tiie  body  was  fuaind,  except  as  prfivided  in  section  five  of  this 
act  without  the  authority  of  a  burial  or  removal  permit  issued  by  the  local  recistrar 
of  the  district  in  which  the  death  occurred  or  in  which  the  body  was  found;  or 
(6)  shall  refuse  or  fail  to  furnish  correctly  any  information  in  his  possession,  or 
shall  furnish  false  information  affectinj,'  any  certiticate  or  record,  required  by  this 
act;  or  (c)  shall  wilfully  alter,  otherwise  than  is  provided  by  section  eighteen  of 
this  act,  or  shall  falsify  any  certificate  of  birth  or  death,  or  any  record  established 
by  this  act:  or  (d)  being  required  by  this  act  to  fill  out  a  certificate  of  birth  or 
death  and  file  the  same  with  the  local  registrar,  or  deliver  it,  upon  request,  to  any 
person  charged  with  the  duty  of  filing  the  same,  shall  fail,  neglect,  or  refuse  to 
perform  such  duty  in  the  manner  required  by  this  act;  or  (el  being  a  local  roiristrar, 
deputy  reiiistrar,  or  subregistrar.  shall  fail,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  perform  his  duty  as 
required  by  this  act  and  by  the  instructions  and  direction  of  the  state  registrar 
thereunder,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  for  the  fir.st  offense  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
and  for  each  subsequent  offense  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  coimty  jail  not  more  than  sixty  days,  or  be  both 
fined  and  imprisoned  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.      [As  enacted,  ITtl.").] 

Local   registrar  to  enforce  law  under  supervision   of  state   registrar.     Prosecutions  at 
Instance  of  state  board  of  health  or  secretary. 

Sec.  23.  T'nder  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  state  registrar,  each  local 
registrar  is  hereby  charged  with  the  strict  and  thorough  enforcement  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  in  his  registration  district.  lie  shall  make  an  immediate  report  to 
the  state  registrar  of  any  violation  of  this  law  coming  to  his  knowledge,  by  obser- 
vation or  upon  complaint  of  any  person,  or  otherwise. 

The  state  registrar  is  hereby  charged  with  the  thorough  and  efficient  execution 
of  the  provisions  of  this  act  in  every  part  of  the  state,  and  is  hereby  granted  super- 
visory power  over  local  registrars,  dejjuty  local  registrars,  and  subregistrars.  to  the 
end  that  all  of  its  requirements  shall  be  luiiformly  complied  with.  The  state  regis- 
trar, either  i)ersonally  or  by  an  accredited  rejiresentative,  shall  have  authority  to 
investigate  cases  of  irregularity  or  violation  of  law.  When  the  state  board  of  bealth 
or  its  secretary  shall  deem  it  necessary,  it  or  he  shall  report  cases  of  violation  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  to  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  county,  with  a 
statement  of  the  facts  and  circumstances;  and  when  any  such  case  is  reported  to  him 
by  the  state  board  of  health  or  its  secretary,  the  prosecuting  attorney  shall  forthwith 
initiate  and  promptly  follow  up  the  necessary  court  proceedings  against  the  person 
or  corporation  responsible  for  the  alleged  violation  of  law.  And  upon  request  of  the 
state  board  of  health  or  its  secretary,  the  attorney  general  shall  assist  in  the 
enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this  act.      [As  amended,  IMIT.] 

Repealing  clause. 

Sec,  24.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  iu  conflict  with  this  act  are  li.iel.y  r  iiinl.'d. 
[As  enacted,  V.Ur>.  \ 


ADDITIONAL  PROVISIONS  RELATING  TO  MARRIAGES. 

CIVIL   CODE. 

Certificate  of  marriage  to  be  filled  out  In  presence  of  county  clerk  Issuing  marriage 
license. 
§((!»«.  All  persons  abiint  lo  be  joined  in  marriage  must  obtain  from  the  county 
clerk  of  the  county  in  which  the  marriage  is  to  be  celebrated,  in  addition  to  the 
license  therefor  i)rovided  for  iu  section  si.\ty-nine  of  tlie  Civil  Code,  a  certificate  of 
registry  as  jirovided  in  section  three  thousand  and  seventy-six  of  the  Tolitical  Code 
which  shall  contain  among  other  nialleiN  as  near  as  can  be  ascertained,  the  race, 
color,  age,  name  and  surname,  birtliplace,  residence  of  the  parties,  maiden  name  of 
the  female,  if  j)reviously  married,  the  names  and  birthplaces  of  the  parents  of  each. 


—  15  — 

and  tho  maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  each,  which  said  certificate  of  registrj'  shall 
be  filled  out  as  herein  provided  in  the  presence  of  the  county  clerk  issuing  the 
marriage  license  and  shall  then  be  presented  to  the  person  perfoi-ming  the  ceremony 
and  shall  be  filed  by  him  with  the  county  recorder  within  three  days  after  the 
ceremony.      [.4s  enacted,  1909.] 

POLITICAL    CODE. 

State  bureau  of  vital  statistics.     Duty  of  state  registrar. 

§  3074.  The  state  board  of  health  shall  maintain,  at  the  city  of  Sacramento, 
a  bureau  of  vital  statistics  for  the  complete  and  proper  registration  of  births,  mar- 
riages and  deaths,  for  legal,  sanitary  and  statistical  purposes,  which  bureau  shall  be 
under  the  supervision  of  the  state  registrar  of  vital  statistics.  The  duty  of  the  state 
registrar  of  vital  statistics  shall  be  to  promulgate  and  enforce  all  rules  and  regulations 
required  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  and  that  may  be  adopted  from 
time  to  time  by  the  state  board  of  health.     [.4s  amended,  1917.] 

Certificate    of    marriage.      Contents.      To    be    filed     by    person    performing    ceremony 
within   three   days  thereafter. 

§  307G.  All  persons  who  perform  the  marriage  ceremony  in  this  state  shall  within 
three  days  after  the  ceremony  file  with  the  county  recorder  a  certificate  of  registry 
of  the  marriage  performed  by  them  in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  state 
registrar  which  shall  contain  among  other  matters  as  near  as  can  be  ascertained, 
the  place  and  date  of  marriage,  sex.  race,  color,  age,  name  and  surname,  birthplace, 
residence  of  the  parties  married,  number  of  marriage  and  condition  of  each,  whether 
single,  widowed,  or  divorced,  the  occupation  of  the  parties,  maiden  name  of  the 
female,  if  previously  married,  the  names  and  birthplace  of  the  parents  of  each  and 
the  maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  each.     [As  amended,  1905.] 

Duty  of  county  recorder.     Examine  certificates,   keep  copies,  transmit  originals. 

§  307S.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  county  recorder  to  receive  without  fee  or 
chai'ge  each  certificate  of  registry  of  marriage  *  *  *  ;  to  make  a  complete  and 
accurate  copy  of  each  certificate  registered  by  him,  upon  a  form  identical  with  the 
original  certificate,  to  be  filed  and  permanently  preser\'ed  in  his  office  as  the  local 
record  of  such  marriage  *  *  *,  in  such  manner  as  directed  by  the  state  registrar. 
The  recorder  *  *  *  must  carefully  examine  each  report,  and  register  the  same 
marriage  *  *  *  j^^j-  once,  although  it  may  be  reported  by  dififei'ent  persons. 
The  certificates  shall  be  numbered  by  him  and  entered  in  the  order  in  which  they 
are  reported  to  him,  beginning  with  number  one  for  the  first  *  *  *  marriage  in 
each  calendar  year.  He  shall  also  sign  his  name  as  registrar  in  attest  of  the  date  of 
filing  in  his  office.  On  or  before  the  fifth  day  of  each  month  each  recorder  *  *  * 
shall  transmit  by  United  States  mail,  carefully  enclosed  in  appropriate  envelopes  or 
wrappers,  addressed  to  the  state  registrar  at  Sacramento,  or  shall  personally  deliver 
to  him  at  his  office  in  Sacramento,  on  or  before  the  fifth  day  of  each  month,  the 
original  certificate  of  *  *  *  marriage,  filed  with  him  during  the  preceding  month. 
The  state  registrar  shall  thereupon  file  said  original  certificates  of  marriage  *  *  *_ 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  separately  and  systematically  indexed.     [As  amended,  1907.] 

Fee  of  county  recorder.     Quarterly  certification  by  state  registrar. 

§  3079.  For  their  services  as  required  by  section  307S  of  this  code,  county 
recorders  *  *  *  shall,  in  addition  to  their  compensation  for  the  other  duties  of 
their  office,  be  allowed  by  the  board  of  supervisors,  ten  cents  for  each  name  registered 
and  reported  to  the  state  registrar,  which  sum  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general  fund 
of  the  county  upon  warrants  issued  quarterly  and  signed  by  the  county  auditor  and 
approved  by  the  state  registrar,  which  warrants  shall  specify  the  number  of  cer- 
tificates of  marriages  *  *  *  properly  registered  and  filed  with  the  state  registrar. 
[As  amended,  1905.] 

Penalty  for  failure  to   perform    duty. 

§  3082.  Any  officer  or  pereon  upon  whom  a  duty  is  imposed  under  this  chapter 
who  fails,  neglects  or  refuses  to  perform  any  of  the  duties  imposed  upon  him  under 
this  chapter  or  by  the  instructions  and  directions  of  the  state  registrar  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  misdemeanors  provided  in  the  Penal   Code.      [.4s  amended,   1905.] 


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